Bag or sack holder.



No. 768,018. PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904. R. ROSS.

BAG 0R SACK HOLDER.

APPLIOATION F ILED APR. 15. 1903. RENEWED JAN. 18 1904.

NO MODEL.

(l/tmesses Patented August 16, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- RONALD ROSS, OF BEAVERTON, MICHIGAN.

BAG OR SACK HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 768,018, dated August16, 1904. Application filed April 15, 1903. Renewed January 18, 190e,Serial No- 189,633-. N0 model-l To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RONALD Ross, a citizen of the United States,residing at Beaverton, in the county of Gladwin and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag or SackHolders, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawing.

The invention relates particularly to means for securing a bag or sackto a hopper or spout with its mouth in operative relation to the spoutend to permit of the bag being readily andsimple construction of theholding or supporting mechanism, as will be fully hereinafter set forth,and illustrated in the drawing, in which the figure is a perspectiveview of the holder applied to the spout. w

The reference-letter Arepresents the discharge end of a hopper orgrain-spout, andB is a suitable bag or sack, having its mouth engagedover the spout end and held in place by the supporting mechanismhereinafter set forth.

The holder preferably consists of abracket member 0, consisting of aprojecting finger or horn D, and a securing-plate E, which is secured tothe lower or discharge end of the spout in the manner indicated.

F represents a pivoted lever carrying a re taining device, preferably inthe form of a clip Gr, which upon the actuation of the lever engages thebracket member, over which a fold, as H, of the bag is wrapped andretains the sack in place.

The holder is preferably provided with means for retaining theoperating-lever out of engagement with the bracket member 0 when thedevice is not in use. In this instance I have shown the. holding meansin the form of a complementary bracket I, consisting of a securing-plateJ and a projecting portion or finger K. Aretaining device L, similar tothe clip G, is employed, which being carried by the lever, as shown,engages the bracket I, permitting the bag to be readily applied to ordisengaged from the spout.

The parts of the holder as thus described are preferably connected sothat the device as an entirety can be readily secured to the spout. Thepreferable connection is shown in the drawing, wherein theoppositely-projecting bracket members are joined by the intermediateconnecting portion M, and a stud or standard 0 projects centrally fromthe connecting member, to the extremity of which 1 the operating-leveris pivoted. filled; and the invention consists in the novel In practicethe retaining device for the lever is preferably in the form of a doubleclip; but other retaining means may be used that ,will engage thebrackets and serve to retain the bag or sack to the lower bracket memberin the manner indicated. I do not wish to be limited, therefore, to theparticular construction of the holder shown, as my invention embracesthe various modifications of which the invention is susceptible.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A bag-holder consisting of twooppositely-projecting bracket members adapted to be attached to a hopperor spout in proximity to its discharge end, an operating-lever pivotedintermediate of the brackets and a double clip carried by the leveradapted upon the actuation of the latter to alternately engage thebrackets.

2. A bag-holder, comprising a bracket member adapted to be connected toa discharge spout or hopper, a pivoted lever, a retaining device thereonadapted upon the actuation of the lever to engage the bracket, and meansfor holding said lever and retaining device out of engagement with thebracket.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RONALD ROSS.

